NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST SLTDA CHAIRWOMAN KIMARLI FERNANDO! (25-04-2024)

 

The Chairwoman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), who is accused of contempt of court for violating an interim injunction issued by the Colombo District Court regarding questionable land, withdrew her appeal to fly overseas amidst objections. Also Fernando abused her authority as the SLTDA Chairwoman over the land in question in a bid to rule her nepotism whilst disregarding the court orders issued in this     regard.

Kimarli, also known as the notorious Dilmah Daughter-in-Law, used her political and family power to misuse assets belonging to the SLTDA in the most despicable way possible. We have previously divulged how Fernando had distorted decisions of the judiciary via private news agencies favorable to her by circulating fake news detailing the trial.

 Ceylon Chamber of Commerce stressed that she should be removed from her post as the SLTDA Chairwoman immediately, in a letter addressed to the President dated April 20, 2022.

No-Confidence Motion Signed by Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO), The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), the Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka (TAASL), Sri Lanka Association of Professional Conference and Event Organizers (SLAPCEO) and Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Tourism Sri Lanka (ASMET), the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) in its letter addressed to President Rajapaksa unanimously concludes that Fernando should be removed from the post of Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) on the following grounds and that a more competent person should be appointed to the post.

Having the above concerns taken into consideration, the CCC also concludes in its letter that working with Fernando over the past two years and observing her role as the Chairperson of the SLTDA, it is beyond doubt that she has failed to provide the leadership needed to achieve the goals of the Tourism Industry.

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CARDINAL LEAVES FOR ROME WITH 60 VICTIMS OF EASTER ATTACK TO VISIT THE POPE

 

The Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has left for Rome this morning (22) with the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings at the invitation of His Holiness Pope Francis.

About 60 victims, including close relatives of those killed in the Easter attack, are said to have taken part in the visit.

Earlier in the day, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith was visiting the Vatican at the invitation of the Pope.

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SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ARREST SSP KEERTHIRATNE – CID

 

Sources say that the CID has informed President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa that there is enough evidence to arrest SSP K.B. Keerthiratne who was in charge of the Kegalle division.

SSP Keerthiratne had ordered the firing to disperse a public protest in Rambukkana on April 19. One person was killed and three others were seriously injured and are still receiving treatment in hospital. More than 20 people were seriously injured.

Sources say that the CID has informed the President that there is enough evidence to arrest the SSP based on eyewitness and video evidence received so far regarding the incident.

The public has also criticized the police for not arresting any police officers in connection with the murder except for the transfer of three persons including Keerthiratne. In particular, the fact that SSP Keerthiratne is a close relative of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Chief Security Officer has further intensified the current anti – Rajapaksa sentiment in the country.

Shooting these protesters has also attracted international attention and the government is being pressured internationally. Sources said that the Sri Lankan government, which is at risk of a severe dollar crisis as well as an impending food shortage, risks not receiving the much-needed international humanitarian assistance to the country in the next moment if all efforts are made to rescue these police officers.

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CIVIL ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST IGP WHEN VISITING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION!

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today (22) summoned the IGP to inquire into the shooting death of a person at the Rambukkana protest and the death of one person as well as several others.

The Human Rights Commission has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the incident and the committee had summoned the IGP and several other police officers.

The last rites of Chaminda Lakshan who was shot dead will be performed at the Hiriwadunna area in Naranbedda today (22).

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GMOA doctors to support Sri Lanka public protests

 

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has expressed solidarity with the public who are engaged in peaceful protests against the current situation in the country.

Issuing a statement, the GMOA urged the Government of Sri Lanka to adhere to the request of the general public and religious leaders.

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SRI LANKA FURTHER TO CHINESE DEBT TRAP : CURRUPTED RAJAPAKSA REGIME KNOWS THE TASTE OF LOANS

 

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor G.L. Peiris met with the Ambassador of China to Colombo, Qi Zhenhong, at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday (21).

While welcoming the Ambassador, Minister Peiris appreciated China’s continued assistance to Sri Lanka which had begun even before establishing formal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

He also recalled the Chinese monuments erected in Sri Lanka with the funding of the Chinese Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The Foreign Minister also apprised the Ambassador of the current situation in the country and the shortage of energy which has adversely affected the economy of Sri Lanka.

He briefed the Ambassador on the measures which are being put in place by the Government to immediately overcome the prevailing situation, including the ongoing discussion with the IMF for financial assistance as well as reformulating Sri Lanka’s debt and in that context Minister Peiris requested further assistance from China, particularly in the field of bridging finance during a difficult time.

The Ambassador of China stated that the Embassy of China in Colombo and Beijing were closely monitoring the evolving situation in Sri Lanka.

Ambassador Qi assured that the Chinese Government would continue extending assistance to Sri Lanka in every possible way including direct Chinese Government support, regional Government support and support through Red Cross China.

The China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) has pledged an urgent emergency humanitarian aid of RMB 200 million to Sri Lanka, including 5000 tonnes of rice (with the previously announced 2000 tonnes), pharmaceuticals, production materials and other essentials.

Furthermore, the Yunnan Province has announced a donation of RMB 1.5 million worth of food packages to Sri Lanka.

The Foreign Minister extended Sri Lanka’s profound gratitude to the Government of China for the unwavering and consistent support, the release said.

The ministry said the discussions also focused on people to people exchanges, support at the multilateral fora, poverty alleviation, among others.

Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and officials of the Chinese Embassy were present during the meeting.

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MARCH AND PROTEST SEEKING JUSTICE FOR EASTER SUNDAY VICTIMS - ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH KATUWAPITIYA, NEGAMBO (21-04-2022) - Phots

Three years ago, on a day like today, innocent Catholics gathered for Easter service at St. Sebastian Church Katuwapiriya Negambo to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Brutal suicide extremists bombed this precious Easter moment into a single bloodbath.

Suresh Jayasinghe wears a sombre black dress, a simple black headband written: "Justice " as he joins the group of Catholic protesters at St Sebastian Church.

His pregnant wife's medical test saved his life from the church bomb attack as he was absent on a particular day, but he lost his close friends and fellow churchmen. Suresh Jayasinghe was the caller and main organizer for today's event.

“A curse has befallen this government. After the Easter Sunday bombs, nothing has worked for this country. And the opportunist leaders are cursed. They have blood on their hands for their failure to deliver justice.” an emotional and determined Suresh Jayasinghe, told the media.

Rajapaksa, who swept to power in the aftermath of the Easter bombings, pledged to cleanse the country of “all elements of terror” and promised an expedited probe into the incident.

In recent months, however, the Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Church has criticized the government, questioning the investigation into the bombings.

More than a hundred thousand participated in the protest and march from St Sebastian Church to the Negombo Bus stand. Along with Reverent Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, many catholic priests and Buddhist monks participated in the event with prayers for the Easter Sunday victims.

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RAMBUKKANA SHOOTING COURT DENIES POLICE REPORT. ON-SITE PROBE TO BE CONTINUED..

The Police report(B) submitted to the Kegalle Magistrate Court on the shooting at Rambukkana yesterday (19) to disperse a public protest has strongly been opposed. 

Accordingly, the Magistrate was conducting an on-site probe with the relevant officers from around 2 pm today until the evening. Reports said that the residents of the area have shown blood stains on road about half a kilometre away from the place in which the terror had occurred.

Accusations are being levelled against the Police that the blood stains near the shooting location have been washed away.

The Police were also said to be embarrassed as they were unable to produce a firm statement before the Court, especially in terms of corroborating the story with what the Police Media Spokesperson, the Senior Police Spokesperson, the Inspector General of Police and the Minister in Charge of the Police had produced to the media.

Many legal counsels attended the Court proceeding.

Meanwhile, Attorney at Law Udul Premaratne made a Social Media remark in this regard and published photographic evidence matching the residents’ version of the story.

පොලිසියේ වාර්තාව අධිකරණය පිළිනොගනී. ස්ථානීය පරීක්ෂණය දිගින් දිගටම..

ඊයේ (19) දිනයේදී රඹුක්කන ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවති මහජන විරෝධතාවක් විසුරුවා හැරීම සඳහා වෙඩිතැබීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොලිසිය කෑගල්ල මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ වාර්තාවට දැඩි විරෝධයක් එල්ල වී තිබේ.

ඒ අනුව මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරිය අදාළ නිලධාරීන් සමග අද පස්වරු 02.00 පමණ සිට සවස් වනතුරුම ස්ථානීය පරීක්ෂාව සිදුකරමින් සිටින අතර රඹුක්කන ඉන්ධන පිරවුම්හලට කිලෝමීටර් බාගයක් පමණ දුරිනුත් වැටී තිබුණු ලේ පැල්ලම් ප්‍රදේශවාසීන් විසින් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරියට පෙන්වා ඇති බව සඳහන්.

එසේම වෙඩි තැබීම සිදු කළ ප්‍රදේශය ආශ්‍රිතව තිබුණු ලේ පැල්ලම් පොලිසිය විසින් සෝදා ඉවත් කර ඇති බවට ද චෝදනා එල්ල වී ඇත.

විශේෂයෙන් පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශකවරයා, ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශකවරයා, පොලිස්පතිවරයා සහ පොලිසිය භාර ඇමතිවරයා මාධ්‍ය වෙත ප්‍රකාශ කළ කරුණු අධිකරණය හමුවේ ස්ථිරව ප්‍රකාශ කරගැනීමට නොහැකිව පොලිසිය අපහසුතාවට පත්ව සිටි ආකාරයක් ද දැකගැනීමට හැකිවූ බවත් වාර්තා විය.

මෙම අධිකරණ කටයුත්ත සඳහා විශාල නීතීඥ පිරිසක් ද පැමිණ සිටියහ.

මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීතීඥ උදුල් ප්‍රේමරත්න මහතා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තුළ පළ කළ සටහන සහ ඡායාරූප පහතින් දැක්වේ.

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EVIDENCE FOR RAMUKKANA ATTACK - POLICE WERE THROWING STONES AT PROTESTERS TO PICK A FIGHT (19/04/2022)

 

Well armed policemen started throwing stones at protestors to pick a fight. police set a three wheeler on fire.

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PROTEST IN FRONT OF CORRUPTED PRIME MINISTER’S CARLTON HOUSE TODAY (20/04/2022).

People of the "Tangalle" area have started a protest in front of the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's Carlton House in Tangalle.

Accordingly, security forces have been deployed in front of the house.

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CORRUPTED ROBED MAN GALAGODAATHTHE GNANASARA WORSHIPING AT KIRIVEHERA AMIDST POLICE SECURITY.

 

“The Dhamma protects the one who lives by the Dhamma”  "ධම්මෝ හවේ රක්ඛති ධම්මචාරී" - Lord Buddha .

Corrupted robed man Galagodaaththe Gnanasara worshiping at Kirivehera amidst police security.

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Sarath Weerasekara Using Zahran Hashim's Vehicle?

It is reported that the vehicle that was used by National Thowheed Jamaath Leader Zahran Hashim is now used by Former Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (retired) Sarath Weerasekara.

According to the reports, the vehicle, Toyota Land Cruiser V8 used by Hashim, who was the ring leader of suicide bombers who carried out Easter Sunday terror attacks in 2019 is now used by Weerasekara. 

The journalist questioned as to how a court production be used by a politician. Weerasekara is yet to respond to the allegation. 

Still we are trying to connect the relevant dots among several responsible individuals.  

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POLICE CURFEW IMPOSED IN RAMBUKKANA TILL FURTHER NOTICE- POLICE SPOAKESMAN

The Police Media Spokesman announced that a Police curfew has been imposed in Rambukkana in response to the tense situation arisen. The curfew will stand in effect until further notice. 

ඇතිවූ නොසන්සුන්කාරී තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් රඹුක්කන ප්‍රදේශයට පොලිස් ඇඳිරි නීතිය පනවා ඇති බවයි පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශකවරයා සඳහන් කළේ. නැවත දැනුම් දෙන තුරු ඇඳිරි නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ.

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UNREST IN RAMBUKKANA SRI LANKA : MEDIA BARRED, POLICE ASSAULTED PROTESTORS (Video/ Pictures)

 

The tense situation awakened upon the Police’s attempt to dissolve a protest held in the Rambukkana area has intensified, leading to a continuous assault on residents at the hand of the Police, reports claimed.

Certain media reports claimed that the media has been barred from entering the premises.

One unarmed civilian died and a few others were injured from the gunfire by the police.

This Rambukkana protest was against the incapable Government, especially against fuel shortage and price increment.

Police spokesman said angry protestors blocked the road with tires and set them on fire. They also intended to blockade the railway.

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I am sorry, Fertilizer project went wrong, and I didn’t go to the IMF at the right time - President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the people are suffering due to the current economic crisis and that he is deeply saddened by it.

He also said that he believed that a program with the International Monetary Fund should have been launched earlier and that he felt it was wrong not to provide chemical fertilizers to farmers.

Rajapaksha regime should understand the importance of feasibility study upon new projects rather than their commission cut. President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa should also think about the betterment of the country and appoint educated individuals for planning and implementing further.

වත්මන් ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නිසා ජනතාව ගැටලු රැසකින් පීඩාවට පත්ව ඇති අතර තමන් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉතාමත්ම කණගාටුවට පත්වන බව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි.

එසේම ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සමග වැඩසටහනකට මීට පෙරම යා යුතුව තිබුණේ යැයි තමන් විශ්වාස කරන බවත් ගොවීන්ට රසායනික පොහොර ලබානොදීම වරදක් යැයි තමන් සිතන බවත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා සඳහන් කළේය.

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THE COURT DENIED IMPOSING A TRAVELING BAN ON BASIL RAJAPAKSHA.

Travel ban requests on former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Finance Secretary S.R. Attygalle had been denied by Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala, who served as its Judge.

Only one of the five Colombo Magistrate Courts operates today due to a vacation. Travel ban request made by provincial governor Mr. Keerthy Thennakoon, of the previous government.

 ආර්ථික ඝාතක බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂට සහ හිටපු මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම් එස්.ආර්. ආටිගල යන අය හට විදේශ ගමන් තහනම් කරන ලෙස
පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා කල ඉල්ලීම කොළඹ අතිරේක මහේස්ත්‍රාත් හර්ෂණ කැකුණවල මහතා විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන ලදී. දුෂිත දේශපාලකයින් සියලුම දෙනා හට දිවයිනෙන් පිටවීම තහනම් කල යුතුය. ඒ සඳහා සියළුම නීති විශාරදයින් එක්වී වැඩ කල යුතය.

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